Cotton-press



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R. D. THOMPSON.

COTTON PRESS. No. 284,259. Patepted Sept. 4, 1883.

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0. 284,259. Patented Sept. 4, 1883.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 284,259, dated September 4, 1883.

- Application filed June 28,1883. (No model.) I

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANSOM D. THOMPSON,

a citizenof the United States," residing at Dumas, in the county of Tippah and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Cotton-Press, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Thisinvention relates to baling presses of that class which arestationary and are provided with a lint-room'above, into which the cotton is fed direct from the flue of the gin; "and its object is to provide a press possessing superior. advantages in pointof simplicity, ease, and convenience in operation, durability, and general efficiency. 7

In the drawings,iFigure*l is a side elevation of my improved press. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical central longitudinal sectional View thereof. Fig. etis a vertical transverse sectional view taken through the guides of the feed-screw block on the line as a, Fig. 1. a Fig. 5 is avertical transverse sectional view taken on the line of the screw-threaded bearing of the feedscrew'on the line y 3 Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a de-- tail transverse sectionalview taken through the press-boxion the line zz, Fig.3. Fig. 7 is a t p detail viewin perspective and in section, illustrating-the attachment of the follower to the i feed-screw. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective extend perpendicular posts D-four at each 1 4O sideand on the sills B 0, outside theposts D, are placed platforms E E, extending longitudinally. The posts D support longitudinal top beams, F F, on which are laid four transverse sleepers, G, that carry at their outer ends longitudinal brace-beams H H, and on the sleepers G, inside the beams H H,;is built the floor I of the lint-room J, a sliding trap-door,

1 i K, being arranged in the center of this floor over the press-box. The sides L L of the lintroom, which are preferably formed by the ga ble-roof, as herein shown, are secured to the beams H H, and in one of the ends M M of the lint-room is provided an opening, N, to accommodate the exit-flue of the gin, adjoining which latter the press is preferably built.

At each end of the press the posts D are connected by transverse horizontal braces 0, while the inner posts, D, are connected by double cross-braces 1?, corresponding to the double sills G. Between these braces O and P at each end of the press are secured longitudinally-disposed guide-tracks Q Q, corresponding guides, R R,being secured between the sills B and 0, so that a rectangular guide-box is formed for the sliding block S, through which the feedscrew T turns and by which it is guided. The head U of the feed-screw is formed with notches V, that are arranged to be engaged by a pawl, W, on the block S, to retain the feed screw in position from reverse movement. The "head U is also formed with a circumferential shoulder, X, against'which a disk, Y, having a serrated or notched periphery, Z, is secured, the disk being prevented from turning by nibs or projections A, that enter grooves B in the head U,while the securing-pins O are driven in these grooves and against the said projections. The inner end, D of the feed-screwT is screw-threaded, and works through a screw-threaded perforation, E in a vertically-disposedpost, F, that comprises independent half-sections G G.

. These sections are arranged in slots Hand 1 respectively, in thedouble sills C O and the double braces P P, and aresecured from vertical displacement by crosspins J passed throughperforations K in the said sections. The sections can be separated in the slots H and I sufficiently to permit the feed-screw to be drawn from its position'between them when desired, and they are clamped closely together a.

by wedges L driven into the slots, andsecured to the sectionsGr by pins M as shown. i The point of the inner end, D of the feed-screw is formed with a shoulder, N and with an annular groove, 0 and the follower P is formed with a central perforation, Q by which it is adjusted over .the end D against the shoulder N and is secured on the said end by across pin, BF, that engages the groove 0 by which construction the screw can turn and drive the follower without occasioning any revolution of pin R the follower can be readily slipped off the feed-screw.

A lever, S, is provided for operating the feed-screw. The lever is formed with a kerf, T, in its under edge, by which it may be rested over the periphery of the disk Y to form its fulcrum, and it is' provided with a pivoted hook-plate or pawl, U, that engages the serrations Z on the disk Y to turn the screw and force the follower into the press-box, the screw being retained from reverse movement by the pawl W.on block S. The lever S may be retained in position by a pin, V, engaging its end, and placed in any one of a radial series of perforations or holes, w, in the head of the feed-screw.

The innerbeams, A A, are provided between the inner posts, D D, with transverse grooves X, in which are rested the end supports, Y Y, of the press-box. On the said supports is placed the bottom Z of the press-box, and from the side edges of this bottom project hooks A. The vertical sides B B of the box are also rested on the supports Y, and the top piece, 0, is placed on the sides. .The portions of the press-box are retained in relative position by rods D that are engaged in the hooks A and have hook-shaped top ends, E, that are' engaged by top cross-rods, F.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood and appreciated. It is simple and convenient, and is easy of operation.

I claim as my invention v r 1. The combination of the horizontal parallel base-beams A, the transverse sill-beams rested on the latter, the vertical posts D, extending from the beams A, the longitudinal top beams, F, supported by the posts D, the sleepers G, the lint-room built on the said 1 sleepers, the press-box centrally located on beams A A between the inner sills, and compressing mechanism arranged between the' posts D at each side the press-box and working into the ends of the latter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the frame of the press, a centrally-located press box, the longitudinally-disposed guide-tracks Q R, the post F,

for operating the feed-screw, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the frame comprising the cross-sills and the vertical posts D, the transverse braces O and P, the longitudinallydisposed guide-tracks Q R, the slots H and I, the post F, vertically disposed in these slots and having the screw-threaded perforation E, the block S, sliding in the said track and carrying the pawl, the feed-screw working in the block and having the notches V, and formed with the screw-threaded inner end, the follower secured on this screw-threaded end, and means for operating the feed-screw, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the sills O O, having the slot H, the cross-braces l? 1?, having the slot I, the post F, comprising the 'inde= pendent half sections G, and having the screwthreaded perforation E and the perforations K, the pins J, and the wedges L, of the feedscrew, having the screw-threaded end that works through the perforations E, and carrying the follower, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with the feed-screw having the shoulder X, and the grooves B in the head, the serrated disk Y, having -projec-' having the grooves X, the end supports, Y,

rested in these grooves, the sides E the top piece, 0, and the rods D and F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RANSOM DAVID THOMPSON/ Witnesses:

T. N. MOLDIN, ELIJAH BEATY. 

